Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: HELP: Problem with radeonfb setting wrong resolution | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:20:12 +1100 |
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On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 15:33 -0500, Timothy Miller wrote: > I humbly apologize if it is inappropriate for me to post this question > here. I'm not subscribed, and I haven't been in a while. I've > googled around for answers to this, but I don't find anything that > directly addresses the issue I'm seeing. Please cc me. > > I'm installing a new Gentoo box, and I have configured the > 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 kernel. > > Here's what I have enabled: > > + Support for framebuffer devices > + ATI Radeon display support > + DDC/I2C for ATI Radeon support > + Lots of debug output from Radeon drive > + VGA text console > + Framebuffer Console support > > In the grub.conf file, I have this at the end of the kernel line: > > video=radeonfb:1024x768 > > When booting up, radeonfb finds the device (A Radeon 7000 PCI card), > the monitor flickers for a second, and then what I get is a 640x480 > screen, but the kernel seems to think it's 1024x768, because text goes > off the screen. > > I've googled for this, but what I find is old stuff where people are > complaining about seeing a higher resolution than the one they asked > for. I'm getting a LOWER resolution. > > I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong, but there are no kernel error > messages that tell me anything has gone wrong. > > Can anyone help me figure out what I'm doing wrong here? BTW, the > monitor is a 19" NEC. No chance that the monitor reports via DDC that > it can't do 1024x768.
Can you send me the debug output ? (dmesg)
Ben.
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